How did my phone factory wipe itself clear of all information?

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how did my phone factory wipe itself clear of all information

Phone was charging and when i picked up it was back to the android start up screen where u enter gmail

 

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Re: how did my phone factory wipe itself clear of all information

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? When something like that happens, it was usually some catastrophic glitch in the system. Hard to tell if it was hardware or firmware related. In either case, use the phone at your risk going forward, because it's hard to know if it will happen again.